RAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
7/19
AI / ML Relevance
4/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$22,531,925
Award amount
—
Award date
N0001422C1016
PIID
Awardee
839
Total awards
$95,251,240,444
Total $ won
1.5/19
Avg AI score
Description
AGNOSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING AND INCREASED RADAR EFFICIENCY (ASPIRE)
Score Rationale
Award title (ASPIRE) invokes signal processing efficiency but provides no concrete evidence of ML/AI techniques, autonomous systems, or learning-based components—reads as classical DSP optimization work. Problem is framed operationally ('increased radar efficiency') but lacks specificity about the underlying challenge, end-user, or success metrics. Raytheon is a legacy prime ($67B+ revenue, diversified defense), which disqualifies this as evidence of AI-native procurement regardless of technical merit.